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Cryptophilus
Sign in to saveCryptophilus is a genus of pleasing fungus beetles in the family Erotylidae. There are about nine described species in Cryptophilus.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 69
- With media
- 27
- Family
- Erotylidae
- Collections
- SDNHM, UNM, KU, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS, PSUC, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLECTION OF ARTHOPODS (UCFC)
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Identification
- Ecology
- Species
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Cryptophilus is a genus of pleasing fungus beetles in the family Erotylidae. There are about nine described species in Cryptophilus.
== Identification == Cryptophilus adults are brown and slightly hairy beetles, 1.6-2.3 mm long and with 3-segmented antennal clubs. They resemble beetles of the unrelated family Cryptophagidae. Unlike cryptophagids, Cryptophilus have procoxal sockets that are closed.
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